rec·ti·fy

(rĕk′tə-fī′)

tr.v. rec·ti·fied, rec·ti·fy·ing, rec·ti·fies

a. To set right; correct: rectified the situation by adding more chairs so that more people could sit. See Synonyms at correct.

b. To correct by calculation or adjustment: rectified the mathematical error.

2. Chemistry To refine or purify, especially by distillation.

3. Electronics To convert (alternating current) into direct current.

4. To adjust (the proof of alcoholic beverages) by adding water or other liquids.

[Middle English rectifien, from Old French rectifier, from Medieval Latin rēctificāre : Latin rēctus, right; see reg- in Indo-European roots + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]

rec′ti·fi′a·ble adj.

rec′ti·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

rectification

In photogrammetry, the process of projecting a tilted or oblique photograph on to a horizontal reference plane.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	rectification - (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions refining, purification, refinement - the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
	2.	rectification - the conversion of alternating current to direct current changeover, conversion, transition - an event that results in a transformation
	3.	rectification - the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right correction improvement - the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property" remediation, remedy, redress - act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil retribution - the act of correcting for your wrongdoing recompense, compensation - the act of compensating for service or loss or injury amendment - the act of amending or correcting emendation - a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing
	4.	rectification - determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve determination, finding - the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation; "the determination of molecular structures"

Translations

تَصْحيح

nápravaoprava

berigtigelse

Berichtigung

αποκατάσταση

rectification

leiîrétting

emendazione rettificazione

korrigering

düzeltme

纠正

rectification

[ˌrektɪfɪˈkeɪʃən] N → rectificación f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

rectification

(= correction) → Korrektur f, → Verbesserung f; (of statement, situation) → Richtigstellung f, → Berichtigung f; (of position, anomaly, mistake) → Korrektur f; (of instrument) → richtige Einstellung; (of omission) → Nachholen nt, → Wiedergutmachung f; (of problem) → Behebung f

(Elec) → Gleichrichtung f

(Chem, Math) → Rektifikation f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

rectify

(ˈrektifai) verb

to put right or correct (a mistake etc). We shall rectify the error as soon as possible.

ˌrectiˈfiable adjective

ˌrectifiˈcation (-fi-) noun

rectification

n. rectificación, corrección; enmienda.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

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An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.

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Now this process of re-scription and personal rectification, pursued by various individual sages from time to time, had the effect of preventing our history from degenerating into absolute fable."

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Lydgate did not make the affair a ground for valuing himself or (very particularly) despising Minchin, such rectification of misjudgments often happening among men of equal qualifications.

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This narrative provoked some rectifications on the part of the prince, who, as he said, pretended to know something about that matter; and having satisfied himself that Newman was in no laughing mood, either with regard to the size of his head or anything else, he entered into the controversy with an animation for which the duchess, when she set him down as a bore, could not have been prepared.

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The CEC was alleged that he deceived the voters in presidential election and issued a rectification in notification related to presidential election a few hours before the election which was aimed at addressing a gross mistake for which journalist Shahid Orakzai had filed a petition in PHC.

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ISLAMABAD -- The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Thursday submitted once again case record to Accountability Court (AC) against former president Asif Ali Zardar and his sister pertaining to mega money laundering and fake accounts, after rectification. A banking court of Karachi had ordered to shift the case to Islamabad on request of National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

FIA re-submit fake accounts case record against Asif Zardari

ISLAMABAD:The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Thursday submitted once again case record to Accountability Court (AC) against former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister pertaining to mega money laundering and fake accounts, after rectification.A banking court of Karachi had ordered to shift the case to Islamabad on request of National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

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11222 or the Simulated Birth Rectification Act which would allow rectification of simulated births through a simplified administrative proceeding.

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Power was de-energised between Bangsar and Abdullah Hukum stations to allow roving technicians to work on immediate rectification for the stalled train to be taken safely to the pocket track and allow normal service to operate.

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